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ficamos nessa situação

English translation: end up in that situation; get into that situation

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Portuguese term or phrase:ficamos nessa situação
English translation:end up in that situation; get into that situation
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)

23:55 Jan 8, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Brasil
Portuguese term or phrase: ficamos nessa situação
O conteúdo segue:

Mas então, como é que nós fiacamos nessa situação toda? É ...

Pensei em duas possibilidades - ou pode ser que tem outra que é melhor que as duas possibilidades.

São: 1) But then, how is it that we ended up in that situation?
2) But then, how is it that we leave things now?
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 23:52
end up in that situation
Explanation:
Or more colloquially, "get into that situation."

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-01-09 00:00:32 GMT)
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But then how did we end up in that situation?
Selected response from:

Steven Capsuto
United States
Local time: 23:52
Grading comment
Obrigado.

Mike :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4end up in that situation
Steven Capsuto
5where do we stand now??..
airmailrpl
5end up in this mess
Amy Duncan (X)
5How do we stand in this situation?
Lilian Magalhães
4How did we get into this situation? / How did we get into all this?
Tonia Wind


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
end up in that situation


Explanation:
Or more colloquially, "get into that situation."

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-01-09 00:00:32 GMT)
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But then how did we end up in that situation?

Steven Capsuto
United States
Local time: 23:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Obrigado.

Mike :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcia Gascon: yep - I think It's better -> get into that situation
2 mins
agree  Katia DG
15 hrs
agree  Susy Ordaz
1 day 7 hrs
agree  rhandler
1 day 14 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
where do we stand now??..


Explanation:
como é que nós fiacamos nessa situação toda? =>

where do we stand now??

What did we decide..what is our resulting situation

if it was past tense it would be:
como foi que nós fiacamos nessa situação toda?
how did we end up in that situation

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
How did we get into this situation? / How did we get into all this?


Explanation:
Other options could be:

How did we get into this whole situation?
How did we end up in this situation?
How did things end up like this for us?


Tonia Wind
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
end up in this mess


Explanation:
keeping with the spirit of the language of the rest of the text.

Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 00:52
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
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2 days 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
How do we stand in this situation?


Explanation:
A idéia aqui é esta.

Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 00:52
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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